NHTSA complaint: 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 — AIR BAGS
I WAS DRIVING ON 7TH AVE AND A CAR RAN A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS DARK EARLY MORNING. I HIT THE CAR COMING ACROSS AND DROVE IT INTO A TREE.THE DRIVER IN THE CAMRY HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF HER CAR . MY CAR HAD THE FRONT END SEVERELY DAMAGED. ALMOST $10,000 DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. I ASKED THE BODY SHOP DOING THE WORK AND THE STATE FARM INSURANCE CLAIMS PERSON ABOUT WHY THEY DID NOT WORK AND WAS TOLD THE ACCIDENT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SEVERE ENOUGH OR THE ANGLE WE HIT DID NOT REQUIRE THEM TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER IN THE OTHER CAR WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. AND I HAD KNEE SURGERY. I DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF HER INJURIES. I WONDER WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT SUCH A COLLISION AND IF THERE ARE OTHER SUBURBANS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THE OWNER JUST DOESN'T KNOW OR WON'T KNOW TIL A COLLISION. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation